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Indians shortstop Asdrubal Cabrera is expected to miss roughly 3-4 weeks with a quadriceps injury, manager Terry Francona told The Cleveland Plain Dealer.

Francona stressed the roughness of his medical staff's guess. Quadriceps strains like Cabrera's can be difficult to predict, and as Francona said, "he'll heal when he heals." Still, 3-4 weeks would be consistent with similar injuries, so it will serve as a best guess until Cabrera gets deeper into the healing process.

The Indians placed shortstop Asdrubal Cabrera on the 15-day disabled list Tuesday with a right quadriceps strain, which he suffered Monday against the Yankees. Juan Diaz was recalled from Triple-A Columbus to take Cabrera's roster spot, but Mike Aviles is expected to see the bulk of playing time at shortstop in Cabrera's absence.

Astros first baseman Chris Carter homered for the second time in three June games and for the third time in his last five games Monday against the Angels. Carter also extended his hitting streak to six games, batting .333 (6 for 18) with one double, three home runs and seven RBI.

Prior to hitting a home run May 30, Carter went 14 games without a home run.

Cleveland designated hitter Carlos Santana drove in two runs on Monday during a loss in New York. 

Santana went 2 for 4 with a ground-rule double that scored Michael Bourn and Nick Swisher in the fifth inning to tie the score up at four. New York won 7-4. 

The 27-year-old Santana has gone 5 for 8 in his last two games to get his average back up to .288. He has eight homers and 24 RBI on the season with 14 doubles and 31 runs scored for the Indians. 

Indians shortstop Asdrubal Cabrera is likely headed to the disabled list after coming out of Monday's game in New York, the Cleveland Plain Dealer reports. Cabrera will return to Cleveland Tuesday after further examination on his aggravated quad injury. 

Manager Terry Francona indicated following Cleveland's 7-4 loss to the Yankees that it is likely Cabrera is headed to the DL. Mike Aviles is expected to play shortstop in his absence. 

"There was a lot of pain," Cabrera said after the game. "There's still a lot of pain."

Indians shortstop Asdrubal Cabrera suffered a strained right quadriceps in Monday's game against the Yankees, CBS Sports Baseball Insider Danny Knobler reports. 

Cabrera pulled up running to first in the fifth inning. Mike Aviles replaced him at short and will do so going forward until he can return. Cabrera is loosely considered day to day, as Cleveland has not given word as to how long he might be out. 

Indians shortstop Asdrubal Cabrera had to be helped off the field Monday in a game against the Yankees, the Cleveland Plain Dealer reports.

Cabrera, who had been dealing with a sore quad and playing through the issue, may have re-aggravated the injury running to first base. He was helped off the field by manager Terry Francona and head athletic trainer Lonnie Soloff and was not putting any weight on his right leg.

Batting third to start the night, Cabrera was 0 for 2 with a strikeout to lower his average to .254. He had a sacrifice in the game before leaving.

Cabrera entered Monday with hits in eight of his previous 10 games, including a homer and five RBI. He has five HRs on the year with 25 RBI.

The Twins have optioned infielder Chris Colabello back to Triple-A Rochester Sunday. Colabello is hitting .133 (1 for 6) in the majors. He is hitting .358 with 12 homers and 39 RBI in 46 games at Triple-A.

Indians catcher Carlos Santana went 3 for 4 with a run scored in the club's loss Sunday against Tampa Bay.

The hits were all singles for Santana, playing at DH on Sunday. Santana was just 4 for his last 25, so his day was especially welcome. Santana is hitting .283/.390/.489.

Chris Carter hit a two-run home run Saturday to give the Houston Astros all the runs they needed in a win over the Angels.

Carter, who has two home runs in his last three games, now has 11 long balls on the season. While he's driving in plenty of runs, he has 31 RBI, Carter is hitting just .223. Much of that can be attributed to his strikeout rate. Carter, with 79 punchouts so far, is on pace for 238 this year.